Anthuriums are in a group called Aroids within the Araceae family. They are native to South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Some are epiphytic plants living in trees in tropical rain forests...
When you think back to Christmas past, no doubt your grandmother and mother had a Christmas Cactus in a place of honor for all the world to see as it bloomed non-stop during the festive season. Most of the time the plant would have been passed down via cuttings...
Gardening myths abound and are usually passed down from generation to generation and are told as fact. A myth is a “widely held but false belief or idea” (The Oxford dictionary). There is rarely any scientific evidence to back up a myth. For example, one popular gardening myth is that peonies need ants to bloom.
